AMD A-Series APU Processors

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Seamless work and play

With an AMD APU in your laptop, you get it all – fast performance and long battery life, all in the latest designs for use at home and at work. AMD is paving the way to a seamless laptop experience, your way; how you want – whether you’re traveling across the country or just around town.

AMD Start Now technology is a BIOS optimized solution designed to deliver better system responsiveness by minimizing the time to wake up the system from sleep mode, boot the system to desktop and connect to a wireless local area network. Actual times will vary based on operating system, APU, driver, disk drive and memory speed. AMD Start Now technology is available with select AMD APUs when running Windows 7 and Windows 8. Check with your component or system manufacturer or retailer for specific model capabilities.

AMD Face Login is designed as a convenient tool to help you log into Windows and many popular websites quickly. It should not be used to protect your computer and personal information from unwanted access. Only available on upcoming AMD A10 and A8 APUs codenamed "Richland" and upcoming AMD A6 and A4 APUs codenamed “Temash.” Requires a webcam, and will only operate on PCs running Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating system and Internet Explorer version 9 or 10. Internet connection is required for website login and use of other online features.

AMD Eyefinity technology supports up to six DisplayPort monitors on an enabled graphics card. Supported display quantity, type and resolution vary by model and board design; confirm specifications with manufacturer before purchase. To enable more than two displays, or multiple displays from a single output, additional hardware such as DisplayPort™-ready monitors or DisplayPort 1.2 MST-enabled hubs may be required. Maximum two active adapters supported. See www.amd.com/eyefinityfaq for full details.

AMD TrueAudio technology is a hardware enabled audio co-processor and is offered on select AMD Radeon™ R9 and R7 200 Series GPUs and AMD 2014 Elite Performance APUs and is designed to improve acoustic realism. Requires enabled game or application. Not all audio equipment supports all audio effects; additional audio equipment may be required for some audio effects. Not all products feature all technologies—check with your component or system manufacturer for specific capabilities

AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics requires one of select AMD A-Series APUs plus one of select AMD Radeon™ discrete graphics cards and is available on Windows® 7 and/or Windows 8 OS. Linux OS supports manual switching which requires restart of X-Server to engage and/or disengage the discrete graphics processor for dual graphics capabilities. With AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics, full enablement of all discrete graphics video and display features may not be supported on all systems and may depend on the master device to which the display is connected. Check with your component or system manufacturer for specific mode capabilities and supported technologies.

AMD Quick Stream is a technology designed to prioritize video streaming over other activities requiring Internet bandwidth for a smooth, uninterrupted video stream. AMD Quick Stream technology is available on select PCs and requires Windows®7. Not all features may be supported on all systems – check with your system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.

AMD Perfect Picture is a set of image, video processing and display post-processing technologies designed to provide smooth video playback, advanced de-interlacing, dynamic contrast adjustment, color vibrancy, noise reduction and edge enhancement that provides brilliant colors and sharp images when playing Blu-ray and other content on your PC. AMD Perfect Picture includes AMD Steady Video technology designed to eliminate shakes and jitters during the playback of home video. It is not designed to (a) isolate overlays, logos or captions, or (b) improve the playback of letter boxed, premium/commercial, or interlaced content. AMD Steady Video is recommended for use with videos that contain unwanted shakes and jitters. Users may turn on this technology via the AMD Catalyst Control Center™.

AMD Enduro™ technology includes hardware, software and driver features that extend battery life through power management of the APU. AMD Enduro requires an AMD FX Series, AMD A-Series, or AMD E-Series APU. Not all AMD Enduro technology features and capabilities may be supported on all AMD Radeon™ R Series graphics-enabled systems – always check with your system manufacturer for specific mode capabilities and supported technologies.